Perfect

Made a wrong turn

Once or twice

Dug my way out

Blood and fire
Bad decisions
That’s alright

Welcome to my silly life

Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood

Miss “no way it’s all good”

It didn’t slow me down

Mistaken

Always second guessing

Underestimated

Look, I’m still around…

Pretty, pretty please


This is me. I love who I am, will you love me for me too?



Don’t you ever, ever feel

Like your less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me
You’re so mean

When you talk

About yourself
You are wrong
Change the voices
In your head
Make them like you
Instead
So complicated
Look how big you’ll make it
Filled with so much hatred
Such a tired game
It’s enough
I’ve done all i can think of
Chased down all my demons
see you do same
Pretty, pretty please
Don’t you ever, ever feel
Like your less than
Less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like your nothing
You are perfect to me
The world stares while i swallow the fear
The only thing i should be drinking is an ice cold beer
So cool in lying and I tried tried tried
But we tried too hard, it’s a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics, cuz they’re everywhere
They don’t like my jeans, they don’t get my hair
Exchange ourselves and we do it all the time
Why do we do that?
Why do I do that?
Why do I do that?
Yeah,
Ooh, oh, pretty pretty pretty,
Pretty pretty please don’t you ever ever feel
Like you’re less then, less than perfect
Pretty pretty please if you ever ever feel
Like you’re nothing you are perfect, to me
You’re perfect
You’re perfect
Pretty, pretty please don’t you ever ever feel like you’re less then, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please if you ever ever feel like you’re nothing you are perfect to me

This song is to me. This song is to you. I feel like this song is just perfect.
Do you remember when you were little and you could never do anything right? You were always getting in trouble? So do I. When you fought with your mom constantly? So do I. When everyone tried to shape you into who they wanted you to be? So do I. When your body was never ever good enough? So do I. When you would do anything just to be like everyone else? So do I. When you made a mistake, people would never let you forget it? So do I. When you were pushed to your very limit? So do I. When you knew that things had to change? So do I. So do I...
This song is my life. This video is my life. It represents so many events in my life.
This image of beauty that the media forces on us, it's not right. It tears into us. We feel like we have to meet these perfect expectations.
Men, take your eyes off of the Hollywood expectation of girls. Guess what...we don't really look like that. I have spent two hours doing my hair and makeup, and once I was done, I cried because I didn't feel any more beautiful than when I had started. That expectation is unreachable. That expectation is what we're taught from when we're young. Look at the Disney princesses, they're flawless. Look at Barbie dolls, they're flawless. We're taught that we have to look like that. And you know what? We don't.
And girls, please know that you are flawless just the way you are. God does not make mistakes. He made you exactly how he wanted you. God doesn't do sloppy work. He just doesn't. Am I a hypocrite for saying this? Oh yeah, I am. But I'm trying, I'm trying really hard to know that I am beautiful.
In the song, you can tell that Pink is singing from her heart. You can tell in her voice. You can tell in her eyes in the video that she means what she is saying. She wants so much for every single girl to know that she is beautiful. Hollywood can make anything, but Hollywood is fake. Be real.
If a guy can't accept you for the way you look because he's looking for some Hollywood-perfected Barbie, then he's not worth it. Any man worth your heart will look at you and think that you're absolutely flawless, and he will love you endlessly.
Don't give up, it's all going to work out. I promise.
God bless,
Ariel